Below is a list of the upcoming training courses & modules and networking events. To continue, select the number of required participants for each course. The cost shown is per participant. Click on the event title for more information.

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Mentoring - Step 2 Booking
Getting Started
Developing Your Business
Taxation
Managing Your Finances
Business and the Law
Sales and Marketing
Computers and Information Technology
Specialised Courses
Events

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Mentoring-~-Step-2-Booking
Mentoring Step 2 - Booking your Mentoring Assignment 3 * 3 hours sessions - One to One Mentoring This is a non refundable booking fee. The balance of cost of mentoring is funded by Westmeath County Enterprise Board	One to One Meetings, usually onsite with client - 3 * 3 hours	This is the second step for Mentoring. Please do not book mentoring unless you have spoken to a Business Advisor or had an inital screening meeting to ensure your mentoring requirements have been assessed. Once your payment has been recieved, your application will be sent to your assigned mentor. They will contact you to arrange for your first meeting. More Information	€50
Getting-Started
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Start Your Own Business - 3 day course Thurs, Fri and the following Fri. 20 June 2013 3 day course - June 20,21,28, 9.30am-5.00pm This course is subsidised by Westmeath County Enterprise Board.	Annebrook House Hotel, Pearse St, Mullingar	This is a very practical course for those who have recently set up their own business or those who are considering self-employment for the first time. More Information	€30
Start Your Own Business - 3 day course Thurs, Fri and the following Fri. 08 August 2013 3 day course - August 8 ,9 ,16th 2013 9.30am-5.00pm This course is subsidised by Westmeath County Enterprise Board.	Sheraton Hotel, Glesson St, Athlone.	This is a very practical course for those who have recently set up their own business or those who are considering self-employment for the first time. More Information	€30
Start Your Own Online Business (Workshop) 10 September 2013 1 Day Course 9.30am - 5pm This course is subsidised by Westmeath County Enterprise Board.	Adult Education Centre, Moydrum Rd, Athlone	This workshop will aim to broadly inform the participant group of the issues, requirements, problems and opportunities commonly relating to the establishment of any online business. In addition, it will aim to address specific areas of need identified by individual workshop participants prior to commencement On completion of the workshop, participants will have gained a broad understanding of the general requirements for establishing an online business, including an awareness of the variety of supports, financial and otherwise, available to them dependent upon the extent of their pre-workshop engagement, participants will also have gained a deeper understanding of the more specific requirements of their chosen business model. The workshop is expected to provide the foundation upon which participants can develop their business ideas, and seek further targeted support in light of the knowledge they have gained. More Information	€30
Start Your Own Retail Business (Workshop) (1 Day) 13 November 2013 1 Day 9.30am-5.00pm This course is subsidised by Westmeath County Enterprise Board.	Westmeath County Enterprise Board Offices, Church Ave, Mullingar	IS to challenge new retail owners and their business ideas. To give them awareness of the steps necessary to start your own retail business. To stimulate new ideas for the participants and help participants move closer to opening their retail outlet More Information	€30
Developing-Your-Business
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Taxation
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Essential Tax, VAT, Bookkeeping, Cashflow, Pricing & Debt Collection for Your Small Business - Everything you need to know 01 October 2013 4 day Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, 2013 9.30am-5.00pm This course is subsidised by Westmeath County Enterprise Board.	Westmeath County Enterprise Board Office,Church Ave, Mullingar	This course is esstential for any owner/manager who deals with the management of finance and tax within their business.The programme aim is to ensure you develop competency, basic understanding and confidence in in dealing with issues on tax, VAT, manual payroll, basic Bookkeeping, Cashflow, pricing strategy. debt collection and completing your tax return. More Information The progamme will assist you in: Understanding the need for tax compliance How to implement tax compliance in your business Completing books/records towards completing tax returns and VAT 3 Forms Obtaining an in-depth understanding of accounting,bookkeeping How to understand financial data in your business eg bank reconciliation How to prepare and manage your cashflow How to cost and price your product or service in these challenging times Highlighting how a business arrives at its prices How best to manage credit control and debt collection Enabling you to maintain your own books and records and complete your own tax return Modules covered in the course are: Tax Registration, Tax Compliance & VAT VAT, Payroll and Managing the Revenue Relationship Self Assessment Good Book Keeping and systems that help your business operate better Management reporting made easier with good book keeping Casflow Management of a Business Debt Collection Completion of Form 11 More Information	€50
Managing-Your-Finances
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How to Keep a Set of Books Using Excel 09 October 2013 2 day 9,16, Oct. 9.30-5.00pm This course is subsidised by Westmeath County Enterprise Board.	Athlone Education Centre,Moydrum Rd,Athlone, Co Westmeath.	This course is aimed at those with basic Excel skills who wish to explore the package further and use the package for basic accounting within their business. Templates for recording a set of books will be provided for all participants. Day 1 will cover Basic Bookeeping, Day 2 will progress to Drafting out a Final set of accounts. More Information	€30
Sage Computerised Accounts & Sage Quickpay (Payroll) 24 October 2013 5 Days (Thurs 24, 31, Oct , Fri 8, 15, Thur 21, Nov. 4 Dec 9.30am - 4.30pm including 1-1 mentoring This course is subsidised by Westmeath County Enterprise Board	Athlone Education Centre, Moydrum Rd., Athlone	This course covers all the aspects of setting up a computerised accounting system, participants will learn to prepare & maintain proper books of account ,including conducting bank reconciliations, production of sales & purchases ledgers, credit control and VAT. The Final Day is used to cover Sage Payroll and calculating wages using the Sage package. This course includes a visit onsite to get you up and running or handle changeover from existing system etc Programme Content Printing of Reports Setting up Analysis fields in Customer/Supplier Ledgers and Products and reporting by those fields. Searching by fields in Supplier/Customer/Nominal & Invoicing Module Reporting on Overdue Supplier and Customer Accounts. Setting up of budgets Viewing information in graph form Reporting by Departments Financial Reports in Depth Set up of Chart of Accounts including budget/variance report Utilise Forecasting Cashflow facility Utilising letters for overdue amounts Setting up Fixed Asset Register Setting up Monthly Accruals/Prepayments Processing Month/Year Ends Reporting on income & expenditure by project Setting up Stock Records, Purchase Orders, Price lists, discount rates Reporting on profitability of products More Information	€100
E-Tendering – A Guide to Public and Private Sector Procurement 20 November 2013 1 day 9.30-5.00pm This course is subsidised by Westmeath County Enterprise Board.	Annebrook House Hotel, Pearse St, Mullingar	The aim of this programme is to: “significantly improve participants' abilities to prepare and submit winning tenders.” In meeting this aim the programme will provide participants with the knowledge, capability and confidence so as to develop persuasive written tenders and proposals. More Information More Information	€30
Business-and-the-Law
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One to One Clinic Intellectual property – how to protect your idea 25 September 2013 1 Hour - 1 15 Mins 9.00am - 5.00pm This course is subsidised by Westmeath County Enterprise Board.	County Enterprise Board Offices, Church Avenue, Mullingar.	This workshop will aim to broadly inform the participant group of Intellectual property, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Design. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop/tablet with them to search their idea using IP databases during the course. How to protect your idea IP Application Format of a patent Patent Fees Protection aboard What is patentable? Is your Idea original? – Patent Search Database How to use the patent database and examine existing patents. Idea Checklist – Research & Development Time will be given to participants to carry out a quick preliminary IP search. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop/tablet with them to search their idea using IP databases during the course. More Information	€30
Essential Legislation for SME's 23 October 2013 1 Day 9.30am - 5pm This course is subsidised by Westmeath Co Enterprise Board	Westmeath Co Enterprise Board Offices, Church Ave, Mullingar	To provide participants with an understanding of the legal framework in which small business operate. 1. Contract / consumer law Essential elements of a contract Types of contracts relevant to business Retention of title Unfair terms 2. Company law / directors duties What are the different legal entities? Who are company members/ directors/secretaries? What are director duties? Who is responsible for company compliance? What books and records need to be kept? Insolvency and the restriction process 3. Employment law health and safety Recruitment of an employee Terms and conditions of employment Statutory employment procedures Disciplinary procedure Grievance procedure Bullying and harassment procedure Safety statement ' Risk assessment 4. Planning law County development plant zoning Planning applications Change of Use Building Regulations Fire Safety Certificate Enforcement or Warning notices 5. Best practice More Information	€30
Sales-and-Marketing
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Marketing your Business Online 15 October 2013 3 Day October 15, 22, 29, 2013 9.30 - 4.00 This course is subsidised by Westmeath County Enterprise Board.	Athlone Education Centre, Moydrum, Athlone	This course will focus on the skills needed to build and maintain an effective and visible website, and be illustrated by practical case histories, using participant’s sites where appropriate.. Participants will understand the importance of Digital Marketing; The key steps to ensuring their site is found online; How to use email marketing to maintain relationships with existing clients and create relationships with prospective clients; How to write for the web, and guidelines on how to build an effective web marketing strategy. The training programme is expected to provide individuals with skills to optimise their business’ web presence and to capitalise on Social Media Channels. Specifically to: Develop an online strategy which integrates with and supports the business’ general goals Build knowledge of web-based marketing and communication opportunities Enable businesses to use their web sites more effectively, and to optimise web-design and communication with web developers Develop an understanding of web-site management & maintenance options Understanding of the different Social Media Channels and how they can benefit their business. Measure the results of their online strategies More Information	€50
How to Market Your Business Effectively 21 November 2013 1 Day 9.30 - 5.00 This course is subsidised by Westmeath County Enterprise Board.	Westmeath County Enterprise Board Office ,Church Ave, Mullingar	To provide participants with the knowledge to choose the most effective approaches to marketing that will target their market and support the application of powerful tactics that optimise return, achieve increased sales and can support growth even in the most challenging environment. The objectives of the programme are to:  To support participants in understanding their market and potential market and to challenge participants with a view to exploring potential customer;  Provide clear direction on approaches to marketing that would promote each individual business and work in a very practical way to stimulate action and sales;  Develop participants ability to research their market and utilise the training as a means to develop research and get to know their customers and potential customers;  Support participants in building identity and how to create strong brand image;  Build confidence in marketing approaches that may previously not have been considered but have huge benefits to the business such as PR and networking and direct marketing;  Build capability in dealing with other businesses to attain competitive rates (in areas such as advertising and media, brochure and print) - that offer good value for money;  Demonstrate the capability of applied technology including social networking, E-marketing and website optimisation;  Develop knowledge of and an ability to engage free advertising, TV, radio and newspaper space.  Grow an understanding of the importance (and how to go about) getting your customers to spread the word and sell for you, raising the profile of your brand, accelerating word of mouth marketing and how to build contact lists.  Promote the importance and develop ability to evaluate promotional effort so as to support sustainable marketing;  Provide a clear direction on required marketing via a marketing plan. More Information	€30
Computers-and-Information-Technology
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Internet/Website Clinic 03 July 2013 One to one sessions comprising 1 to 2 hours per individual business	Westmeath County Enterprise Board Offices, Church Ave, Mullingar	These clinics will give participants the opportunity to meet with a leading Web Consultant on a one to one basis to work through various areas or aspects of the internet or your current/planned website in a very practical manner without Techie Language. If you wish to avail of a one to one session please contact the office. More Information	€0
Internet/Website Clinic 18 July 2013 One to one sessions comprising 1 to 2 hours per individual business	Westmeath County Enterprise Board Offices, Church Ave, Mullingar	These clinics will give participants the opportunity to meet with a leading Web Consultant on a one to one basis to work through various areas or aspects of the internet or your current/planned website in a very practical manner without Techie Language. If you wish to avail of a one to one session please contact the office. More Information	€0	BOOKED OUT
Internet/Website Clinic 08 October 2013 One to one sessions comprising 1 to 2 hours per individual business	Athlone Education Centre, Moydrum Rd, Athlone	These clinics will give participants the opportunity to meet with a leading Web Consultant on a one to one basis to work through various areas or aspects of the internet or your current/planned website in a very practical manner without Techie Language. If you wish to avail of a one to one session please contact the office. More Information	€0
Internet/Website Clinic 05 November 2013 One to one sessions comprising 1 to 2 hours per individual business	Westmeath County Enterprise Board Offices, Church Ave, Mullingar	These clinics will give participants the opportunity to meet with a leading Web Consultant on a one to one basis to work through various areas or aspects of the internet or your current/planned website in a very practical manner without Techie Language. If you wish to avail of a one to one session please contact the office. More Information	€0
Specialised-Courses
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Workplace Food Safety & Hygiene Course Fetac Level 4 26 September 2013 2 Day Thurs Sept 26, Oct 3, 2013 9.30am - 5.00pm This course is subsidised by Westmeath County Enterprise Board.	Westmeath County Enterprise Board Office, Church Ave, Mullingar	The purpose of this module is designed to provide learners with knowledge of food safety and hygiene required in a food business. More Information	€50
Food Safety & HACCP FETAC Level 6 31 October 2013 4 Days Oct, 31, Nov 7, 14, 22,2013 10.00am -5pm This course is subsidised by Westmeath County Enterprise Board.	Westmeath County Enterprise Board Offices, Church Ave, Mullingar	Workplace Food Safety & Hygiene Fetac Level 4 Course must be completed prior to doing this Course. This award is to enable the learner to develop, document, implement and evaluate food safety management systems in handling and production environments based on the Codex Alimentarius Principles of HACCP ( Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) From 1st January 2006, staff responsible for the development and maintenance of the food business's Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Food Safety Management System must have received adequate food hygiene training in the application of the HACCP Food Safety principles. (source www.FSAI.ie) More Information	€70
Events
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Events Calendar

Mentoring-~-Step-2-Booking

Getting-Started

Developing-Your-Business

Taxation

Managing-Your-Finances

Programme Content

Business-and-the-Law

Sales-and-Marketing

Computers-and-Information-Technology

Specialised-Courses

Events